RAILSCOT | Lothian Road

Lothian Road

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Lothian Road (1848-1870)

Opened on the Caledonian Railway.

Description

This was a terminus in Edinburgh. This was the Caledonian Railway's original terminus before being replaced with Edinburgh Princes Street which was just to the north.

After replacement, the site became subsumed into the Lothian Road Goods yard.

The 1848 building largely burned down in 1939.

Following closure in 1965, the site was cleared for the West Approach Road although one building survived until the 1990s.

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
08/03/2021

Nearby stations Edinburgh Princes Street West End - Princes Street [Tram] Princes Street [Tram] Haymarket Haymarket [Tram] Princes Street [1st] St Andrew Square [Tram] Dalry Road Edinburgh Waverley York Place [Tram] Murrayfield Scotland Street Picardy Place [Tram] St Leonards Murrayfield Stadium [Tram]	Lothian Road Goods Lothian Road Shed Haymarket Tunnels Princes Street Gardens Cutting Morrison Street Goods Lochrin Iron Works [1st] Lochrin Basin Fountain Brewery Leamington Lift Bridge The Mound [Tram] Tourist/other Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh Castle Georgian House Charlotte Square Camera Obscura Scottish National Gallery
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

15/02/1848	Caledonian Railway Beattock to Glasgow (Townhead) (via the Wishaw and Coltness Railway and the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway) and Edinburgh (Lothian Road) branch opened. The stations at Abington and Elvanfoot, on its main line, are used by the lead mines and villages at Leadhills and Wanlockhead.
/ /1865	Caledonian Railway Authorisation to rebuild and expand the Edinburgh terminus. This would lead to replacement of Lothian Road with Edinburgh Princes Street.
/ /1870	Caledonian Railway Edinburgh Princes Street opened. (Lothian Road closed.)